Author Nikki Clarke was at the Amherstburg Freedom Museum for a book signing May 30. An author with a pair of children’s books stopped by the Amherstburg Freedom Museum recently. Dr. Nikki Clarke, who resides in Belleville, came to Windsor-Essex County May 31. After a stop at an Indigo location in Windsor, she made her way to Amherstburg with her children’s books “The Black Canadian History Colouring Book” and “The Paper Clip Princess” for a signing at the museum. “I’m very

Amherstburg Freedom Museum co-presents Windsor-Essex County joint kickoff event Teajai Travis plays the drums as part of the Windsor-Essex County Joint Annual Black History Month kickoff last Friday night. Black History Month is underway and a local museum had a hand in kicking it off in the region. The Amherstburg Freedom Museum joined the Essex County Black Historical Research Society (ECBHRS) and the Windsor-Essex Caribbean Association (WECA) in a Black History Month launc

Ken Johnston points to one of the Underground Railroad routes he walked on. Johnston walked another route in late December/early January with a stop being the Amherstburg Freedom Museum. A Philadelphia-based man headed out over the holiday season on another “Walk to Freedom” and made Amherstburg one of his stops. Ken Johnston’s latest walk, which retraces steps on the Underground Railroad, included a stop at the Amherstburg Freedom Museum Dec. 28. Johnston, described as a “wa